For the Love of Horses

by Liz Smith
One neigh or two, please

Princess Anne has two loves: children and horses. Her " hippomania" has won her many distinctions. Anne once said, "When I appear in public, people expect me to neigh, grind my teeth, paw the ground and swish my tail." At dinner she once talked about horses to a man on her left the entire night, ignoring the gent on her right completely. During coffee she asked the hapless fellow, "May I have the sugar, please?" The young man put two lumps on his palm, offering them to the Royal hippomane.



Splashdown: The late Princess Anne lands in the drink in 1982